9 sentences with 'perspective'
Example sentences and phrases with the word perspective and other words derived from it.
• « From the perspective of the ancient Mesopotamians, there was little to distinguish religious and magical practices from 'real' science in the modern sense. Their goals were the same, and the Mesopotamians actively experimented to develop both systems in tandem. »
• « Much of Roman law still seems grossly unjust from a contemporary perspective. In particular, the laws came to establish a formal division between the rich and the poor, even in the case of citizens. »
• « Surprising from a contemporary perspective, however, is that it was not until 1442 (during the Renaissance) that the definitive and somewhat "final" version of the Bible was established by the Western Church when it defined exactly which books of the Old Testament were to be included and which were not. »
• « More important than their economic productivity, at least from the perspective of the history of ideas, is that monasteries became major centres of learning, especially in Western Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. »
• « An interesting and, from a contemporary perspective, somewhat peculiar phenomenon in early Christianity was the focus on relics: holy objects. »
• « From the perspective of the noble and clerical classes of the time, the monarch had to cling to power through force of arms and personal charisma, not empty pretensions to being on the throne by the will of God. »
• « What made the situation stranger was the fact that the Byzantine emperors considered themselves to be fully "Roman" - from their perspective, Charlemagne's coronation by Leo III was a direct usurpation. »
• « Things began to change around 1000 CE. The main causes of these changes were twofold: the end of large-scale invasions from outside the European heartlands, and changes in agriculture that seem very simple from a contemporary perspective, but were revolutionary at the time. »
• « From a very "high level" perspective, the years between about 1000 and 1300 CE were relatively good years for Europe. »